Liberty--Philosophy; Enlightenment--France; Désert de Retz (Chambourcy, France); Gardens, English--France--Chambourcy
Freedom is a critical concept that helps shape the discourse of modern society and corresponding thoughts about people's private, public, cultural and spiritual lives. Standing at the fountainhead of the modern era, the Enlightenment was a critical...
Indians of North America--Missions; Jesuits--North America; Wyandot Indians--Religion; Wyandot Indians--Missions; Jesuits--Missions--North America--History
There are perhaps but few passages in history that are more striking than those which tell of heroic efforts of the early French Jesuits to convert the Indians of North America. Many of these efforts are full of dramatic and philosophic interest,...
Women--France--History--20th century; Women--Great Britain--History--20th century; Women and literature--France--History--20th century; Women and literature--Great Britain--History--20th century; Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986; Woolf, Virginia,...
This dissertation is a cross-cultural analysis of France and Great Britain during both the First World War and World War II in which Simone de Beauvoir and Virginia Woolf redefined "woman." Utilizing New Historicism, the first chapter...
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972; Colonies--History--20th century; United States--Foreign relations--1945-1953
This thesis is a biographical and historiographical examination of Truman's rhetoric and handling of colonialism. Truman's position regarding European colonialism is a worthy topic since it facilitates the study of the United States' treatment of...
In spring 2006, the Frazier International History Museum, in conjunction with the Ekstrom Library Photographic Archives at the University of Louisville, mounted an exhibit of 47 photographs taken by a young French foot soldier during World War I....
The effect of the Norman-French Conquest on the vocabulary of the English language was profound. Prior to the Twelfth Century the language contained but few word forms foreign to the Old English. The vocabulary of the Eleventh Century contained...
The works of Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) comprise a small but significant body of sacred music and compositions for organ, yet they have received little serious analytical attention. The present study examines an early organ work, the Prélude,...
French Lick Springs Hotel in French Lick, Indiana. The large brick building is seen from the front, at some distance. An American flag flies from the top story, and people and horses are visible on the roads and lawns in front of the structure....
Sick--Personal narratives; Sick--Psychology; Sick--Biography--History and criticism; Narrative medicine
This dissertation uses a phenomenological and sociological lens to explore how non-fiction illness narratives help us understand how perception of the self is disrupted because of serious illness or injury. Specifically, I use the French...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Entertainers; Women
Portrait of Helena French, also known as Mrs. William Hoey and as half of the French Twin Sisters dance team (with sister Minnie French, who married William Hoey's theatrical partner, Charles E. Evans and is pictured in ULPA 1980.20.0236). She is...
Portrait of a young man with thin mustache and three-piece suit and tie. "A Parlor Match," starring Charles E. Evans and William Hoey, was staged at Macauley's Theatre on the date of this portrait's inscription by C. (possibly Charles)...
African Americans; Civil rights demonstrations; Race relations; Public relations; Discrimination in housing; Housing; African American legislators; Insurance agents; Women legislators; African American legislators; Kentucky--Politics and...
Oral history interview conducted with legislator Mae Street Kidd on October 10, November 11, and December 5, 1978 by Ken Chumbley. Ms. Kidd discusses her life, including her childhood growing up in Bourbon County. Kidd attended the Lincoln...
Portrait of twin sisters Helena (Mrs. William Hoey) and Minnie (Mrs. Charles E. Evans) French, of the French Twin Sisters dance team, who met their husbands while touring with them. They wear identical pin-striped dresses with black collars....
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Entertainers; Women
Portrait of Minnie Evans, also known as Mrs. Charles E. Evans and as half of the French Twin Sisters dance team (with sister Helena French, who married Evans' theatrical partner, William Hoey). She is wearing a high-collared dress with brass...
Hotels; Hotels; Springs; Springs; Health resorts; Health resorts; Golf; Dairying; Cows; Railroad stations; French Lick Springs Hotel; West Baden Springs Hotel (West Baden, Ind.)
Set of postcards from West Baden and French Lick, Indiana. Includes interior and exterior images of the buildings and grounds at West Baden, and exterior scenes at French Lick. Produced by Curt Teich & Co., manufacturer's number 2176. Published...
Bird sitting on a tree branch. An axe is at the base of the tree. The background is decorated with nature elements with fleur de lis at the top and base of the design. The name "Betty French" is above the tree image. The phrase "Il...
Map of North America, prepared for a French trading company, shows ports, bays, large lakes, mountain ranges, settlements, and villages as well as routes of various explorers. Disproportionate space is allocated to the eastern portion of...
French Tipton was born in 1848. He was licensed to practice law, but was most known as a newspaper editor in Richmond, Kentucky. In 1887, Tipton and William G. White established the pro-Democratic Richmond Climax. However, in 1896 he left the party...
Group portraits; Actors; Actresses; Men; Women; Costumes; Posing
Horizontal portrait of members of the Evans and Hoey comedic troupe (nine men and four women) posed among tall letters reading "Evans & Hoey." Led by Charles E. Evans and William Hoey, who married twin sisters Minnie and Helena...
Gazebo-style building with red roof, housing a spring. Several paths lead to the building, and there are trees in the background and foreground. The message on the verso is dated 1910. Imported and published by the French Lick Mercantile Company.
